In 2006, there were 19,556 persons usually resident in Balgowlah: 48.7% were males and 51.3% were females. Of the total population in Balgowlah 0.3% were Indigenous persons, compared with 2.3% Indigenous persons in Australia. more

There were 5,342 families in Balgowlah: 50.1% were couple families with children, 34.8% were couple families without children, 13.5% were one parent families and 1.6% were other families.

68.1% of persons usually resident in Balgowlah stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses within Balgowlah were: England 8.3%, New Zealand 2.7%, South Africa 1.4%, China 1.0% and Scotland 0.9%.

The most common responses for religious affiliation for persons usually resident in Balgowlah were Anglican 27.0%, Catholic 26.7%, No Religion 19.5%, Uniting Church 4.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

* statistcs taken from the 2006 Census for postal area 2093 conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics